Adventures Close to Home Palmolive had just written this song before she left the Slits in 1978 and brought it into The Raincoats and later in 1979 when both groups recorded the song we were keen to do something different as far as publishing credits go and made a special agreement. We agreed that it would be credited to both groups for each separate recording so on ³The Raincoats² it¹s credited to The Raincoats and on ³Cut² to the Slits. Palmolive was also responsible for some amazing Slits songs such as FM and Newtown. Adventures was the only song she contributed as a songwriter t… read more
Adventures Close to Home Palmolive had just written this song before she left the Slits in 1978 and brought it into The Raincoats and later in 1979 w… read more
Adventures Close to Home Palmolive had just written this song before she left the Slits in 1978 and brought it into The Raincoats and later in 1979 when both groups recorded the song we … read more
The Raincoats were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. The first line-up included Ross Crighton on guitar and Nick Turner on drums for the band’s first gig in November 1977. Kate Korus, from The Slits and later The Mo-dettes, joined briefly and was replaced by Jeremie Frank. Nick Turner left to form The Barracudas and Richard Dudanski (ex The 101'ers and later PIL) sat in on drums and film maker Patrick Keiller replaced Jeremie Frank on guitar. Late in 1978, The Rainco… read more
The Raincoats were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. The first line-up inclu… read more
The Raincoats were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. The first line-up included Ross Crighton on guitar and Nick Turner on… read more